A New Day
Chapter 2
AJ wandered down the stairs and into the kitchen, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. He stopped in the kitchen doorway at the scene in front of him. Howie was standing at the counter, pouring the freshly brewed coffee into two cups. He had his back to AJ, which gave him a perfect view of the muscles rippling across his back as he moved. AJ groaned softly and Howie turned around.
Howie smiled as AJ shook himself and moved over to the counter.
"Hey." Howie greeted him, handing the coffee to AJ.
"Hmm. Morning." AJ replied as he took a huge gulp of coffee. Howie watched him with a grin as AJ blinked, finally waking up from the semi-conscious state he was always in before he had his coffee.
"Better?" He asked as AJ opened his eyes and focused on him.
"Almost." AJ replied. Howie cocked an eyebrow in confusion as AJ set down his cup on the counter. The next thing he knew AJ had grabbed him and pulled him into a deep kiss, which took both of their breath away. AJ pulled back with a massive grin on his face as he looked at Howie, who still had his eyes closed. AJ waited until Howie focused on him again before speaking.
"Now it's better." AJ smirked. Howie grinned back and punched him lightly in the arm.
"If I didn't know better I would think you were taking advantage of my sweet nature." Howie joked.
"Oh Baby I'm hurt." AJ replied, feigning a hurt look and placing his hand over his heart.
Howie just laughed at him. "Oh Alex. You poor thing. What can I do to make you feel better?"
"Oh. I'm sure you'll think of something." AJ told him, waggling his eyebrows suggestively.
Howie laughed out loud. "Alex." He exclaimed.
"What?" AJ asked, trying to look as innocent as possible.
"Man, you are insatiable." Howie told him.
"Yep." Came the simple reply as AJ wrapped his arms around Howie and pulled him close. "It's just that... I've wanted you for so long, and now I have you, I can't get enough of you." He told him as he snuggled his face into the crook of Howie's neck.
Howie wrapped his arms around AJ and sighed contentedly. "I know Alex. I feel the same. But what are we going to do?" He asked.
AJ was tempted to make a smart remark about it, but held his tongue. He knew what Howie meant. They knew where they stood with each other, but they had no idea what they were going to do about everybody else. "I don't know babe. I don't know." AJ sighed and snuggled closer, kissing Howie at the spot where his neck met his shoulder. Howie shuddered at the sensation and felt AJ smile into his neck.
"What time is Nick coming?" Howie asked, changing the subject.
"Huh? Oh. 'Bout 8." AJ replied unenthusiastically. Howie looked at the clock and frowned. "That doesn't give us much time."
"I could ring him back and tell him not to..."
"No." Howie told him. "Don't. He'll want to know why. Besides, yesterday you were really looking forward to going to this club with him."
"I know. But yesterday I didn't have you." AJ whined.
Howie sighed. "I know babe, but we need time to work out what we're going to do, who we're going to tell and how we're going to tell them."
"You wanna wait a while?" AJ asked, pulling back to look at Howie.
"Yeah." Howie admitted. He looked at AJ and was unable to read the expression on his face, so he rushed on. "Don't for one second think that it's because I don't love you, or that I'm ashamed of you, of us. Cos I'm not. It's just that this is all so new, and I don't wanna rush things with you, I just wanna..."
"Enjoy this relationship while it is just the two of us, before everybody else finds out and gets involved." AJ finished for him. Howie looked at AJ and nodded, relaxing as he realised that he and AJ were thinking along the same lines still.
"I know. Me too." AJ continued. "I mean, I love the others, but I don't want them to know right now. I wanna just enjoy this as it is, before it all gets complicated by all the other shit in our lives."
Howie smiled gently and reached up to pull AJ's face closer to his own. "I love you" he breathed before he pressed his lips against AJ's in a sweet kiss.
"I love you too." AJ replied as the kiss broke. They stood staring at each other for a moment before Howie glanced at the clock on the wall.
"8 o' clock you say." He spoke, smiling at AJ, who looked at him confused. "I think we've got time."
"Time for wha...mmmm." AJ's question was swallowed by Howie's lips as he was pulled into a fast, passionate kiss. Howie pulled back before turning and walking away from AJ back towards the stairs. AJ stood stunned for a moment before turning and watching Howie's firm, round ass as he walked up the stairs. Howie turned around half way up and gave AJ a 'come hither' look which AJ just couldn't ignore and AJ ran after his lover as fast as he could.